admirable for the fact that he had gone down with cramp 10 minutes earlier. The veteran was limping at one stage in that final play. "That's news to me," smiled Dan Leavy, Sexton's Leinster colleague. "I was in work mode, so I had the blinkers on and was just carrying and rucking, carrying and rucking. "Credit to him, he's a serious leader. He's a competitor. He's always on to refs, trying to get decisions our way. "It shows whenever he gets on the field, he always wants to win. He just drives that. "It just shows the strength and character of the man to be able to step up after 82, 83 minutes. "Johnny obviously has the biggest balls on the planet, and he managed to kick it".